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ISO 639-3 · fitfit
Uralic family
Meänkieli
meänkieli
Meänkieli is a language of the Finnic branch (Uralic), spoken in Sweden and Finland. Wikidata counts about 70,000 speakers (2015). Wikidata describes it as “de jure one of the official minority languages of Sweden spoken in the northernmost parts around the valley of the Torne River”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
fit- Glottocode
torn1244- Family
- Uralic
- EGIDS
- 8a Moribund
- Wikipedia
- 58 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
2scripts
6levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Meänkieli · meänkieli |
|---|---|
| Also called | Tornedalen Finnish, fit |
| All speakers | 70,000 (2015) |
| Written in | Finnish alphabet, Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 8a Moribund8a
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Uralic to Meänkieli
The branches above Meänkieli, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Sweden
romRomaniIndo-European · 46 mDefinitely endangeredsweSwedishEast Scandinavian · 12.4 m1 · NationalyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredrmyVlax RomaniIndo-European · 538,4806b · ThreatenedsmeNorthern SamiUralic · 25,7002 · ProvincialswlSwedish Sign Languageunclassified · 8,0004 · EducationalovdElfdalianEast Scandinavian · 2,0007 · ShiftingsmjLule SamiUralic · 7002 · ProvincialsmaSouthern SamiUralic · 6002 · ProvincialsjuUme SamiUralic · 1008b · Nearly Extinct